In this special edition of our male ballet dancers series we present various contemporary dancers and choreographers like multiphase-tic James Whiteside. We include an interpretation by Brazilian dancer Rony Lea and the choreography of Andrea Barbosa. The music included was added as an introductio...

In this eleventh installment of our "Male Ballet Dancers" we are proud to feature a graduating class of the Royal Ballet of Canada; the principal dancer for the Royal Opera Ballet mexican native Issac Hernandez and italian Francesco Gabriele Frola With a history dating back more than four hundred y

When you think of a professional dancer, what is the first image to enter your mind? For many, this question will conjure a picture of a female ballerina; however, men face vastly different challenges and rewards to females in the industry, from mastering distinctly challenging steps, to managing ...

Contemporary dance is a genre of dance performance that developed during the mid-twentieth century and has since grown to become one of the dominant genres for formally trained dancers throughout the world, with particularly strong popularity in the U.S. and Europe. In this episode we introduce the...

This episode presents a beautiful male ballet duet performed by choreographer Connor Scott accompanied by dancer Meshach Henry. What feels unusual in this dance is their fresh approach: Full of abandon and brimming with romantic desire, they seem utterly natural. We are also showcasing Myles Erli...

Once-in-a-lifetime pairings of ballet and contemporary luminaries, three remarkable world premieres, an excerpt of a seminal piece that changed the history of modern dance and unpredictable weather conditions marked this year’s sold-out Fire Island Dance Festival on July 20-22, 2018. The 24th editio

In this episode of Male Ballet Duets we feature the work of British choreographer Christopher Wheeldon who is considered as one of the most important dance-makers currently working in the ballet world. We present two male duet performances by Teo Dubreuil and David Donnelly and one performed by Jor...

Fire Island Dance Fesitval 16, produced by and benefiting Dancers Responding to AIDS, a program of Broadway Cares / Equity Fights AIDS, raised over $260,000.
FIDF 16 performers included: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Camille A. Brown, Fabrice Calmels & Erica Lynette Edwards (Principal, Joffr...

t’s a golden era of male ballet dancers. It’s not just hyperbole. The young men rising up at the Royal Ballet are some of the most exciting in dance right now: principals , first soloists such as Shi Yueat the Winnipeg Royal Opera Ballet of Canada and Luzemberg Santana . it’s a giant leap from the

In this insrtalment of our Male Ballet Dancers series we showcase two master ballet dancer; Denys Cherevychko, Principal Dancer of the Vienna State Opera peerformning Mazurka choreographed by Serge Lifar as well as french Paul Marque who was named in 2020 an étoile (literally, "star"), the highest